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A relative recently received immunotherapy for cancer that was spread all throughout their body, even protruding past the collarbone and visible under the skin.
by wwarner 2y ago
A relative recently received immunotherapy for cancer that was spread all throughout their body, even protruding past the collarbone and visible under the skin. A little more than one year later, they have been off chemo for six months and the cancer is completely undetectable.
Immunotherapy is really great science that introduces a chemical that shaves off the heavy sugar coating that hides some cancer cells from the immune system. It has fewer side effects than traditional chemo, and is probably more effective.
Carolyn Bertozzi won the Chemistry Nobel in 2022 for the discovery.